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Ironbridge and Archer spend $349m on pharmaceuticals

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2006
Australian private equity specialists Ironbridge Capital and Archer Capital have purchased the 3M pharmaceuticals business in the Asia Pacific for $349 million. As part of a strategy flagged in April this year, 3M decided to sell off its $2.1 billion ...

The manager matters in private equity: Unigestion

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2006
With all the noise around private equity, many institutional investors are all ears for how they can jump aboard the PE freight train. European buyout specialist Unigestion has highlighted some of the distinct opportunity sets for Australian investors ...

Ironbridge rounds up $1b in PE capital raising

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2006
Private equity manager Ironbridge Capital has just raised $1.05 billion from Australian and international institutional investors to fund their next round of investments. Ironbridge said the capital raising was supported by more than 40 institutional ...

Keating laments missed super opportunities

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2006
Australia's stop-start superannuation reforms in the last decade, that have focused more on choice rather than actually boosting savings, have cost hundreds of billions of dollars in missed savings opportunities and we are only now starting to catch ...

There will be mistakes: eG Capital

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2006
With the Australian private equity sector continuing to attract investor attention and funds, Emerging Growth Capital Investors (eG Capital) has cautioned that mistakes in the sector are inevitable and choosing the right investment manager is crucial. ...

AVCAL awards for top private equity plays

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2006
Australia's best private equity and venture capital players were recognised last night at the Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association's (AVCAL) awards presentations, with the list of winners including Pacific Equity Partners, Investec ...

AVCAL calling for council members

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2006
The Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association Limited (AVCAL) is calling for nominations for council members for 2007 and 2008, with elected members to be announced at the Annual General Meeting in Sydney a month after the annual AVCAL ...

Perennial Real Estate scores mandate and moves past $1.5bn

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2006
Perennial Real Estate Investments has scored a global property securities mandate from Australian Primary Superannuation while announcing a milestone achievement of $1.5 billion in funds under management. Anthony Patterson, managing director of Perennial ...

SAITeysMcMahon on the acquisition trail

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2006
Specialist funds management group SAITeysMcMahon (SAITM) has added to its growing direct property portfolio by acquiring $623 million in commercial retail properties from Woolworths supplemented by the $120 million purchase of a Sydney metro office ...

Pillar to get $4.5 million IT upgrade

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2006
Super fund administrator Pillar is to get a $4.5 million IT hardware and data storage upgrade. The development initiative was announced in yesterday's NSW Government Budget. Pillar is wholly owned by the NSW Government. In its Budget statements, the ...